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• Reservoir Drawdown Frequency and Guidelines for <br />Water Conservation Triggers <br />Number of times (or percent of years) during the 77-year streamflow record in which reservoir <br />storage would have declined to 20% or less during the following 18 months. <br />Water Remaining in University Lake and Cane Creek Reservoirs <br />100% 95% 90% 85% 80% 75% 70% 65% 60% 55% 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% <br />MG 3358 3190 3022 2854 2886 2519 2351 2183 2015 1847 1679 1511 1343 1175 1007 839 <br />Jan o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 <br />8.0 mgd 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0°k 4% <br />Feb o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o a 3 a a <br />8.2 mgd 0% 0% 0 % 0% 0% 0% 0% 0 % 0 % 4°/ 5 % 5% <br />Mar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 6 6 <br />8.0 mgd 0% 0% 0 % 0% 0% 0°k 0°k 0°k 4% 4 % 6% 8% 8% <br />Apr o 0 0 0 0 o a a s 7 s 1z 1a ?_' <br />8.3 mgd 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 5% 5% 8% 9% 12% 16% 18 % 22% <br />May 0 0 0 4 6 13 15 17 24 , . 25 -- ?_7 33F,' <br />9.2 mgd 0°h 0% 0 % 5% 8% 17% 19°k 22°l0 31,%:~ 32°/ - 35, a3~r=_ <br />Jun 0 0 3 3 3 4 10 12 18- 23?- 29;.- °,~'1~:~' <br />9-8 mgd 0% 0°/s 4% 4% 4% 5% 13 % 16% 23% 27 38 % 4d I ~r; <br />JUI 0 0 0 0 3 4 6 12 16 % <br />22 - 25~~ 3A :' <br />10.5 mgd 0°k 0% 0% 0% 4% 5°k 8% 16°k 21% 29 % - . 34°/ 44%a: <br />AUg 0 0 1 1 3 3 5 7 9 17 25 31"~~ <br />10.6 mgd 0% 0% 1 % 1 % 4% 4°k 6% 9% 12% 2.2% i <br />32%_~ 40>6 <br />Sep 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 6 8 18 2T °~' <br />10.3 mgd 0% 0% 0% 0% 1 % 1 % 4% 4% B % 10% 23_°~la _ X3,5', _'~_ <br />OCt 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 5 15 ~~2 `:, <br />9.8 mgd 0% 0% 0% 0°k 0% 0% 1°h 1% 4% 4% 6% 19% '32°k i. <br /> <br />NOV <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />3 <br />7 ~~:- <br />1~~ <br />9.0 mgd 0% 0% 0% 0% 0°k 0°k 0% 0% 1°h 1% 4% 4% 9% 25%=" <br />i <br />~eC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 <br />8.1 mgd 0°/a 0°h 0°k 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 1% 1% 4% 6% <br />NORM ADV ~1 #2 1<i3 EMRG <br />Conservation Stages and _ - <br />0-1% 4$% 9-21% 224"/A°' <br />Risk Levels <br />2002 Reservoir Levels = Highlighted Cells <br />Each cell of the table contains an integer and a percentage, which represent the probability that reservoir levels <br />will decline to 20 percent or less of full capacity during the following 18 months. These were calculated from <br />spreadsheet model runs of 77+ years of daily streamflow data, updated through January 2003, and driven by <br />monthly water demand and reservoir storage at the beginning of each month. Calculations were based on an <br />average annual raw water demand of 9.15 mgd (which was OWASA's average day demand during CY 2001, <br />after a 10 percent reduction for process water recycling) adjusted by observed monthly ratios, which are reflected <br />in monthly demands shown in the first column of the table . <br />Each row of the table corresponds to a month, and each column corresponds to reservoir storage at the <br />beginning of that month. Storage is subdivided into increments of 5% and also expressed as million gallons <br />(MG). <br />Colors indicate the corresponding conservation and risk levels proposed for each condition. One cell in each row <br />is highlighted in black, representing actual reservoir storage conditions at the beginning of that month during <br />2002. <br />Rev 2/27/03 <br />l5 <br />